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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... modestly after hitting a 12-year high on Wednesday. Despite the easing, equity investors are still worried a strong greenback will dent US exports, said Mace Blicksilver, director of Marblehead Asset Management. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets finished ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... good doctor might have as well sung about the US dollar instead of the fairer sex for mirror, mirror on the wall, the greenback is the fairest of 'em all. Latest available data from the US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis show the "Trade Weighted U.S. ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... the transactions". The Eurozone financial markets' response was mixed: The euro closed higher (US$1.0852) versus the greenback after initially dropping to US$1.0823 - its lowest level since September 2003 - and the Stoxx 600 gave back 0.3% at the close. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... set in US dollar, and consequently weighed on the big miners. With the Australian dollar falling in value against the greenback, the pressure is off the Reserve Bank of Australia to again cut interest rates here, he added. In the resources sector at ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... before recovering slightly to US$1.1026. That's still 0.4% lower than what it the day before and 8.9% down versus the greenback this year to date. The euro has also weakened against the yen - its main QE rival. Super Mario must be singing and dancing ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... appreciation since 1 July 2014 - when the A$ peaked at US$0.9482 - but because of the dollar-A's 17.8% depreciation versus the greenback since, the All Ords has cheapened by 10.1% over the same period in foreign investors' eyes. Confirming again that ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... the 18,000-point mark - the highest in seven years; and certainly, not with the yen still going down, down versus the greenback (at the time the BOJ held its meeting). Besides, the BOJ is as optimistic as ever. "With regard to the outlook, Japan's economy ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... September 2003 on Monday, adding to this year's 4% gain. The measure, which Intercontinental Exchange Inc. uses to track the greenback against the currencies of six trade partners, surged 5% last quarter." (Bloomberg) Well, there's really no choice for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... diverged after a mixed report on US jobs while the euro recovered ground against the dollar after a strong week for the greenback. The Paris CAC 40 dropped 0.89 per cent to 4,189.89 points on Friday, while in Frankfurt the DAX 30 fell 0.91 per cent to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... the eurozone. But equity markets brushed off news of sliding retail sales across the eurozone to join a rally by the greenback against major rival currencies after Republicans took control of the US Senate from Democrats overnight, which many investors ...